The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-12-22
GLASS HOUSES AND TIE NEWE.

9LAS6 HOUSHS AND TIE NEWS.
EDITOR RRPUBLTCAN:- II have read |
the Fanatic since its publication, and
while admit that am not in sym
pathy with its course in many particu- /
lars, fail to find In its columns any |
thing to Justify the editorial In the /!
News yesterday. As yet / have seen |
no evidence Of Matchmaking, either in |
the columns Of the paper or the ac-
tions of its editor, who, while he may
be indiscreet, Is, as far as one can
judge upon 50 slight an acquaintance,
as honest as most of us. The publica-
ton Of the names of purchasers Of
liquors, while it may be considered OBJ
jectionable by some, does no damage
to the character of any who honestly
act in accordance with the intent and
meaning Of the law, and in the case Of
the lady, who was mentioned in the
columns Of the News as hurt by the
publication, the amount of her pur-
chase, one ounce, to say nothing
Of her character, which / believe to be
above reproaeh, is a sufficient answer.
Certainly the News can not take ex-
ception to the course Of the Fanatic,
for on more than one occasion It has
threatened to follow similar course
as any one will remember who read
that paper about the time of the
Marlborough trial, when it threatened
to publish the names of certain young
ladies, and said that one of them was
a teacher in the public schools, If they
persisted in CARRYING blowers to the pris..
oners, an act which never heard was
criminal, and was certainly not any
business Of the News. The house the
News inhabits is of too brittle char
acter to warrant the stand it now takes
on this publication business, and for
a paper to claim to be prohibition and
then advocate license which every one
knows is illegal in Kansas, is, while
as consistent as its course about the
Fanatic and its editor, is hardly what
we would look for from the editor of
that journal, and is certainly as i'll adj
vised as the News claims the course of
the Fanatic to be.
The assertions of the News as to the
skill of the editor of the Fanatic as q
craftsman, inspired as they appear to
be, by the course of that gentleman in
doing, in another line of business,
something that the News disapproves,
IS hardly what would be expected Of
honest journalism, and the editor of
the News will be the first to aeknowl-
edge when he has time for reflection.
My friend Of the News is impulsive,
and, like others of us at times, incon-
sistent; but hardly think he intends
to be unjust. The Fanatic man must
have stirred him up considerably to get
column of free advertising in his
paper. CITIZEN.
In answer to w. S. Jay, who, it is
probably unnecessary to state, wrote
the above and the two other commune
cations on the same subject which
have appeared in the columns of the
Republican-the ear marks are toe
plain-we have few words to
answer. First, we have not charged
our foreign fanatic with being black.
mailer. But we do insist that his
paper is precisely of the style and run
on the same plan as the little black.
mail sheets so often squelched in larger
cities, whose cry, like his, has beer
that by exposing RIGHTEOUSNESS and
sin-naming the parties-they would
be doing God service. The only diff.
ference between the two is that this
man here prints names of sinners and
saints in the same column, while his
neighbors of metropolitan cities as 9
general thing gave only the names Of
those who had been spied upon and
caught in some questionable
company or in compromising
position, giving the names OF
both the man and woman. How would
our citizens like, for instance, to see
such an item as this in a little pam
phlet circulated on our streets: "If w
s. j. is again seen in company with
Mrs. --, walking on the banks Of
the river we will have to inform his
wife" or items of similar nature.
Mr.. Citizen says that carrying flow.
ers to murderers is not criminal, but
we insist that if it is not so laid down in
the statutes, it should be. We also insist
that there Is no comparison between 6
foolish female who Graves notoriety and
seeks it by such unmaidenly methods
as gushing over condemned criminals
and that of a worthy woman who il
forced to go to drug store for Liquor
to save her child's life. In the case o.
the former, the act is calculated to en-
courage what, outside of Kansas, ii
considered the worst crime on the cal
endar. In the latter case-well, com
ment is unnecessary.
Again, while on. this subject, W,
would respectfully ask our neighbor
the Republican, why, if this fanatic il
a good man, was he run out of tw,
towns farther west on the Santa Fe
If his business is proper one why doe
he court mob violence and go about TIL
streets with a revolver in his pocket
prepared to shoot down any one VIII
may differ with him? Day before yes
terday he stopped the editor of this pa
j per on the street and accused him of Al
attempt to incite riot for the purpos
of having him 1.-THE fanatic) mObbed
And when laughed at and ridiculed, he
in language calculated to provoke
insisted that we knew that was on
object, even if we had not in s
many words said so. AS Brother ia
says, the editor of this paper is at time
somewhat impulsive, and in hi
time has been known to knoc
his man out for less than wha
the fanatic said to him. Ha
he allowed his impulse to gain tn
better of his discretion on this occasion
there would to-day probably be anothe
cold-blooded assassin in Lyon count
fail, to whom no doubt flowers and foo
would be brought in, profusion, even j
he does bear more the semblance of
monkey than a man.
Marshal Dougherty's attention
called to this article, and, if requested
we will produce the person whom tn
fanatic told that he carried a re
volver. When it is known that h
carries gun and goes around tn
street ready to quarrel with any one,
is more than probable that he will fin
some one who can shoot equally we
with himself.
Before this takes place he should b
taught that Emporia is the most Law
abiding city in the world. That tn
people here allow their best citizens